by Emergent Team | Jul 31, 2020 | Investing, Saving
There is a lot of news going around after an opinion article appeared in Bloomberg this past month arguing that, due to changes in the tax code and common investment fees, saving and investing in your 401(k) is no longer a good idea for many individuals. But is that...
by Emergent Team | Jul 29, 2020 | Investing
Bubbles are hard to define, because they can come out of nowhere and focus on any number of assets. “Bubble” is also loosely used to describe anything whose worth is below its value. For instance, a number of investors and economists believe that higher education is a...
by Emergent Team | Jul 27, 2020 | Economics, Financial Planning
Two of the hardest questions to answer for any person: when to invest their money, and when to buy a house. Both the stock market and housing market have unpredictable natures, giving people qualms about jumping in given the risks. Yet when it comes to the housing...
by Emergent Team | Jul 21, 2020 | Economics, Entrepreneurship
As the Covid-19 pandemic raged throughout the spring closing down businesses and essentially our lives, there was always the hope that as the virus began to slowly subside, the country could rebound and open up quickly enough to avoid any catastrophic damage. And for...
by Emergent Team | Jul 9, 2020 | Financial Planning, Investing
The Federal Reserve (or the Fed) is the central bank of the United States of America. It has a balance sheet of (now) almost $7 trillion dollars. The “governors” (like chairpersons) of the Federal Reserve often are a combination of bankers and economists. So why would...
by Emergent Team | Jul 7, 2020 | Economics, Financial Planning
Mozart. Sachertorte. The Alps. There’s a lot to love about Austria: an 85% total return on a bond in two years is just another one of them… Let’s say someone wanted to borrow a thousand dollars from you with interest, and when you ask when they plan to give the...
